Fair hog show alive and well at All-Iowa Fair
Dick Juhl of Mechanicsville praises a 400 percent rise in entries as 131 swine were judged. His daughter Konnie, 15, won the grand championship with a 232 pound Hampshire Yorkshire Duroc crossbred barrow. Konnie beat veteran Dallas Kaestner, while Juhl's son and others claimed reserves and division honors. Juhl also serves as a swine instructor at Kirkwood Community College in Cedar Rapids.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dick Juhl
Mechanicsville
Juhl
Konnie
Cedar County Fair
Iowa
Kirkwood Community College
Cedar Rapids
Ronnie
Dallas Kaestner
Williamsburg
Jaci
Kaestner
Austin
Troy Werning
Newhall
Vernon
Tammy Werning
Leon Frick
Goose Lake
Russell Brown
Anamosa
Teen's prize heifers come close at Hawkeye Downs
Angela Domer 13 of Stanwood nearly added two more wins in the junior show at the All Iowa Fair before losing the Shorthorn heifer crown to Leigh McDowell 17 of Vinton. Leigh’s calf had won the Dysart show previously, and her family runs a 40 acre farm with a lumber yard business in Vinton. Other juniors winning Friday included Ron Schmitt 18 Nichols, Kathy Bollman 16 Pullaski, Brett Windus 17 West Liberty, Jill Boddicker 16 Newhall, Mary Ann Weeda 17 Tingley, and Marian Korthaus 23 Walcott who took the Shorthorn open and Kendrick Berg 32 Osage with the Shorthorn bull.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Angela Domer
Stanwood
Hawkeye Downs
Angela
Janice
Dennis Domer
Angus Heifer
Domer
Leigh McDowell
Vinton
Heifer
Leigh
Marge and
Jack
McDowell
Benton County
Kathy Bollman
Doran
Patricia Bollman
Pullaski
Kathy
Iowa Angus Association
Ron Schmitt
Harold
Ruby Schmitt
Nichols
Schmitt
Des Moines
Brett Windus
Keith
Dolores Windus
West Liberty
Windus
Jill Boddicker
Jim
Janet Boddicker
Newhall
Nevada
Jill
Mary Ann Weeda
Kenneth
Marilyn Weeda
Tingley
Marian Korthaus
Walcott
Korthaus
Marvella
Wilbert Korthaus
Kendrick Berg
Osage
Women lead at Hawkeye antique tractor pulls in Iowa
Dorothy Herring of Mechanicsville and Mary Bradley of Tama are notable women winners on the Hawkeye Antique Tractor Pullers Association circuit. Dorothy won the 5,500-pound class at the All Iowa Fair in Cedar Rapids driving a 1938 John Deere G with her husband Roland taking the 6,500-pound class in the same model. Other first place winners at Hawkeye Downs and Elberon include Vernon Parizek, Marv Moeller, Pat Bevins, Denny Rider, and multiple growers in various weight classes with 1930s and 1938 tractors across 3,000 to 8,000-pound divisions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hawkeye
Dorothy Herring
Mechanicsville
Mary Bradley
Tama
Cedar Rapids
Dorothy
Roland
Keystone
Mary
Elberon
Vernon Parizek
Marv
Moeller
Houghton
Parizek
Minneapolis
Oliver
Pat Bevins
Belle Plaine
Hawkeye Downs
Denny Rider
John Deere
Kurt Koehn
Webster
Allis Chalmers
Jim Thompson
Muscatine
John
Chuck Mooty
Grundy Center
Family Living winners revealed at All Iowa Fair
Blue ribbon winners announced across Children and Adult divisions at the Family Living Center. Names include Lora Kloubec, Ben Engel, Angie Zahradnik, Janelle Rohlena, Heather Trachta, and many others from Cedar Rapids, Amana, Mount Vernon, and Solon in cookies, cakes, breads, sewing, ceramics, potted plants, and miscellaneous handicrafts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ben Engel
Ely
Lora Kloubec
Angie Zahradnik
Janelle Rohlena
Cedar Rapids
Heather Trachta
Rebecca Roemiig
Amana
Candra Geiger
Mount Vernon
Annette Geiger
Amanda Geiger
Barbara Geiger
Macrame
Kit
Becky Wiegmann
Dumont
Gene Geiger
Paula Trachta
Eydie Hoeppner
Larry Kilberger
Linda Kilberger
Kolaches
Todd Braynard
Doris Alberts
Coralville
Sylvia Rohlena
Dianne Lawrence
Marion
William Fisher
Davenport
Viola Zahradnik
Elaine Liddell
Solon
Hershey's
Edna Nelson
Tipton
Judith Boyd
Robins
Elaine Siddel
Angel
Emma Buresh
Helen Griffin
Marian Geiger
Glenn Wiegmann
Swisher
Lori Kabela
Carol Seehusen
Allison
Becky
Midwest hog and sheep quotes steady at Cedar Rapids Waterloo
Wilson Foods Cedar Rapids quoted live hogs at 49.50 to 50.00 with discounts on lightweight 200 to 210 pound hogs and on butchers 240 to 260 pounds. Packing sow prices ranged 43.00 to 44.00 per hundred weight with discounts for weights over 550 pounds. Sheep traded steady with spring lambs 62.00 to 64.01. Rath Packing Co Waterloo posted hogs at 50.50 to 51.00 with a note of a 50 cent discount from Thursday close.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
Waterloo
Wilson Foods
Wilson
Wilsons
Rath
Livestock Friday Market Report Hogs and sows steady to higher
Hogs 1.000, butchers active with 50-1.00 higher. No 1-2 200-25 at 53.00-53.50, 55 head 53.75, uneven weights near 200 Ib 52.50. No 2-3 275-290 at 50.50-51.00. Sows 300-400 Ib steady, 25-50 higher. 400-500 Ib steady. 500-60 Ib steady to 50 lower. No 1-3 300-500 Ib 45.00-45.50, some 300-490 Ib 45.7-46.50. No 2-3 500-600 Ib 45.50-46.00. Cattle none Sheep none.
Livestock Friday Market Report
Hogs 2 500 trade active for very light pre holiday receipts butchers 1 50 2 00 higher, sows steady. No 1 2 butchers 200 250 Ib 53 5 dollars 4 00. No 1 3 sows 350 600 Ib 45.00 46.00. Cattle none.
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al Swegle
Alvin Pavns
Fairfax
Mary Waver
Gaylene de Cujun
Mt. Vernon
Helen Faltis
Betty Stockman
Dr. Stoutner
Mary Tiffin
Merritt Plagmann
Norway
Debra Tauke
Dorothy Wharton
O.J. Stoutner
Tom Carson
Ruth Englert
Ken DeBower
Bristow
Linda Stolba
Cedar
Lois Martin
Phyllis Opperman
Ruth Schmieder
Sandy Shhroeder
Vicki Leach
Sharyn Holmquist
Gerta Klouda
Gary Boddicker
Regina Carpenter
Rosetta Meister
Betty Adams
Needle Point
Sharyn
Marion Forbes
Beth Duffy
Noreen Wiegmann
Mollie Lackey
Mollie Lockey
Dial
Jennifer Mumm
Margaret Mumm
Owl
Silver Branch
al Swegie
Rick Kern
LaHarpe
Brian Kern
Henry Jay
Askes Farms
Carthage
Randy Thomson
Iowa Fair
Simmental Keifer
Midwest
E.I. Livestock
Rath Packing Co
Omaha
Sioux City
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